Dog name lists / By Language & Origin
Irish Dog Names
Irish names are some of the most-loved in American dog naming — Finn and Murphy both sit high in the license data. Setters, wolfhounds and glen terriers get the heritage; every other dog just gets the luck.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailey The Irish cream — a top-15 name in our data. | Either | ||
| 2 | Molly A top-25 name in our data — Malone's Dublin ghost. | Girl | ||
| 3 | Lucky The whole national brand, in one name. | Boy | ||
| 4 | Riley Valiant — and firmly unisex in the dog data. | Either | ||
| 5 | Murphy Ireland's most common surname, America's favorite Irish dog name. | Boy | ||
| 6 | Finn Legendary hunter Finn McCool — a top-30 name in our data. | Boy | ||
| 7 | Fiona Fair — and Shrek's princess. | Girl | ||
| 8 | Rory Red king. | Either | ||
| 9 | Casey Vigilant and watchful — allegedly. | Either | ||
| 10 | Clover Four leaves if you're lucky. | Girl | ||
| 11 | Whiskey From Irish 'uisce beatha' — water of life. | Either | ||
| 12 | Brady Spirited — pub quiz champion. | Boy | ||
| 13 | Guinness Dark, smooth, best enjoyed slowly — a license-roll regular. | Boy | ||
| 14 | Seamus Irish James, poet's cadence. | Boy | ||
| 15 | Liam Irish William — America's top boy's name, great on a dog. | Boy | ||
| 16 | Maeve The warrior queen of Connacht. | Girl | ||
| 17 | Dublin The capital, pint-sized or not. | Boy | ||
| 18 | Sullivan Dark-eyed, from the surname. | Boy | ||
| 19 | Paddy The affectionate short for Patrick. | Either | ||
| 20 | Tully Peaceful — from Tullamore. | Either | ||
| 21 | Clancy Red warrior, folk-song approved. | Boy | ||
| 22 | Aiden Little fire. | Boy | ||
| 23 | Shamrock The three-leafed national emblem. | Either | ||
| 24 | Shannon Ireland's longest river. | Girl | ||
| 25 | Kerry The kingdom county — and its blue terrier. | Either | ||
| 26 | Colleen Simply 'girl,' in Irish. | Girl |